Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Harding
Donald Sydney Harding
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: HARDING, Donald Sydney
Status: Died
Address: 11 Broad Street
Rank: Private
Service No: G/49753
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 8th (City of London)
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers
Chronology: from April 1916, France
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Place at death: Arras
Date of death: 12 April 1917
Born: Abingdon
Enlisted: Abingdon
Resident: Abingdon
Formerly: STK/2449, Royal Fusiliers
Age at Death: 23
Family Details: Son of Henry Walter and Mary Ann Harding, of 11, Broad St., Abingdon, Berks.
Buried or Commemorated: Buried in DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France.
Reference: Plot III. Row G. Grave 35.
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